Rubai

ii.n yak-nafas-e-’aziiz raa KHush mii daar
kaz haasil-e-’umr-e-maa hamii.n yak-nafas ast

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

guftamash ai KHizr-e-masiihaa-nafas
KHizr-o-masiihaa tu.ii imroz-o-bas

Jami

Ghazal

nafas bhii tez-tar aur dil bhii masruuf-e-fuGaa.n meraa
payaam-e-vasl hai shaayad Gam-e-soz-e-nihaa.n meraa

Aziz Warsi Dehlvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

har-nafas aavaaz-e-ishq mii-rasad az chap-o-raast
maa ba-falak mii-ravem azm-e-tamaashaa ki raast

Rumi

Ghazal

is dahr-e-pur-aashuub me.n vo paak-nafas hai
jis ke dil-e-naazuk kii sadaa baa.ng-e-jaras hai

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Kalaam

ham-nafas is chaman-e-dahr me.n kam aate hai.n
buu-e-gul se kaho Thahr abhii ham aate hai.n

Maikash Akbarabadi

Ghazal

har-nafas un kii baat kii jaa.e
yuu.n basar ab hayaat kii jaa.e

Sadiq Dehlvi

Ghazal

ham-nafas sayyaad jis din mehrbaa.n ho jaaygaa
dekh lenaa ye qafas bhii aashiyaa.n ho jaaygaa

Masood Lakhimpuri

sher

mujhe har-qadam terii justujuu mujhe har-nafs terii aarzuu
mujhe apnaa Gam hai na Gam-e-jahaa.n terii shaan jalla-jalaaluhu

Mael Warsi

Sufi Proverb

taa nafs hast aarzuu baaqi ast

taa nafs hast aarzuu baaqi ast

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

zahe nafs-e-nabii chuu.n gauhar-e-jaa.n paak daamaane
zamii.n raa buu-turaab-o-arsh raa kHurshiid-e-taabaane

Shah Akbar Danapuri

sher

har qadam kashmakash har-nafs uljhane.n zindagii vaqf hai dard-e-sar ke liye
pahle apne hii darmaa.n kaa Gam thaa hame.n ab dvaa chaahi.e chaaraagar ke li.e

Shakeel Badayuni

Sufi Quotes

Qazi gave much importance to the realisation of the inmost self. It means Sufi should have full contro! over the lower-self (nafs) through muraqba or watching the self.

Qazi gave much importance to the realisation of the inmost self. It means Sufi should have full contro! over the lower-self (nafs) through muraqba or watching the self.

Qazi Hamiduddin Nagori

Sufi Quotes

Until a man treads his carnal-self (Nafs) underfoot, how can he find the way to the Abode of Light.

Until a man treads his carnal-self (Nafs) underfoot, how can he find the way to the Abode of Light.

Fariduddin Attar

Rubai

duniyaa nafase-o-man dar-o-yak nafase
andar nafasii chand tavaa.n zad nafasii

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

ii.n nafs-e-sitamgaar ba-bii.n shaitaan ast
paivasta a’ayaan buud ma-go pinhaan ast

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

gohar agar dar KHalaab uftad hamchunaa.n nafiis ast-o-Gubaar agar bar falak ruud hamchunaa.n KHasiis

gohar agar dar KHalaab uftad hamchunaa.n nafiis ast-o-Gubaar agar bar falak ruud hamchunaa.n KHasiis

Oral Tradition

Sufi Quotes

The Shaikh advised his followers to subject material ego (nafs) to self mortification. They were to eat less, sleep less and avoid company. They could engage themselves in anything they liked but had to keep their hearts busy in zikr (praise of God).

The Shaikh advised his followers to subject material ego (nafs) to self mortification. They were to eat less, sleep less and avoid company. They could engage themselves in anything they liked but had to keep their hearts busy in zikr (praise of God).

Naseeruddin Charagh-e-Dehli

Rubai

baa-nafs hamesha dar na-bardam che kunam
vaz karda-e-KHveshtan ba-dardam che kunam

Omar Khayyam